Alrighty boys and girls-
It was farking hot. Really hot (100 in my car an hour after I finished
). I cramped. It sucked.
That said, I hauled ass on the swim. I was so worried about my fiance who started 10 minutes before me, that I kind of forgot to worry about myself. About 300m into the swim, I went "Oh, yeah, I'm racing too." I had a good swim, 1/2 mile - 12:38 (Rank 107/1171)
The bike was fast fast fast. I have really old rims and bearings on my bike, so I am anxious to see how my times improve when I get some new ones. I was redlining pretty much the whole bike ride, my HR was hovering around 177 the whole way. I was trying to bring it down, but it wasn't happening. 17 miles - 48:05 (21.4 avg, Rank 258/1171)
I ran my ass off. It was the haulassicitis that flared up, oh, and it was in the mid-90s so I just wanted to finish. I saw my fiance (she was at mile 1, me at mile 2 on the out and back) and she was smiling ear to ear. I think I got her hooked!!!
Seeing her so happy made me run even faster. I was trying to shock myself back to it with the aid station water, since I was cramping so bad both in my muscles and my stomach. But I figured that I could either walk and prolong the pain and heat, or run faster and finish the damn race. Plus, all my JPF buddies would have screamed and yelled and probably thrown stuff at me had they seen me stop. So I just kept running. Hard. Really really hard. 3.1 miles (5K) - 21:07 (6:48/mile, Rank 95/1171)
Overall - 1:24:14 (Rank 39/1171 overall)
I had a little bit of a challenge with Drew, to see who would run their respective Sprint faster, and Drew got me, by 31 seconds. Nicely done Drew. I'll pick up 31 seconds next year
